Dinalupihan, Bataan

Dinalupihan (Kapampangan: Balen ning Dinalupihan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Dinalupihan; Ilocano: "Ili ti Dinalupihan") is a first class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. It is the only land-locked municipality of the province. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 97,275 people. It has a total land area of 9,252.73 hectares representing 6.69% of the total land area of Bataan.

Etymology

"Dinalupijan" came from the festival rights of "Aeta" pygmies. To commemorate their idol "Indianalo", the goddess of hunting and bountiful harvest."Indianalo" was paired with the Sanskrit word "jann", meaning paradise. "Indianalopijann" was the name given to the land that the "Aetas" received from their goddess which translates to Indianalo's paradise. As time progresses, the name "Indianalopijann" turned into "Dinalupihan".

The name "Dinalupihan" also means "empty lands", coming from the Spanish terms din, a, and lupia. It referred to the fact that it failed to produce little revenue while it was an estate of the Archdiocese of Manila during the second half of the 18th century.

Dinalupihan, Bataan

Dinalupihan (Kapampangan: Balen ning Dinalupihan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Dinalupihan; Ilocano: "Ili ti Dinalupihan") is a first class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. It is the only land-locked municipality of the province. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 97,275 people. It has a total land area of 9,252.73 hectares representing 6.69% of the total land area of Bataan.

Etymology

"Dinalupijan" came from the festival rights of "Aeta" pygmies. To commemorate their idol "Indianalo", the goddess of hunting and bountiful harvest."Indianalo" was paired with the Sanskrit word "jann", meaning paradise. "Indianalopijann" was the name given to the land that the "Aetas" received from their goddess which translates to Indianalo's paradise. As time progresses, the name "Indianalopijann" turned into "Dinalupihan".

The name "Dinalupihan" also means "empty lands", coming from the Spanish terms din, a, and lupia. It referred to the fact that it failed to produce little revenue while it was an estate of the Archdiocese of Manila during the second half of the 18th century.

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